Our People
We're powered by our members, donors, supporters and staff around Australia. Our board directors, committees of experts, and our dedicated team ensure that we work effectively to promote a healthy, regenerative and just future.
Our Board

Lin Oke OAM
President
Friends of CAHA

Dr Catherine Pendrey
Vice President

Rajini Surendran
Treasurer
Independent Director

Professor Paul Kelly
Public Health Association of Australia

A/Professor Magdalena Simonis AM
Independent Director

Dr Brian O'Connell
Independent Director

Francis Nona
Independent Director

Dr Bronwyn McDonald
Member organisation board member
Healthy Futures

Aletha Ward
Member organisation board member
Climate Action Nurses
Australian College of Nursing (ACN)
The Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA)

Kate Elks Zadel
Independent Director
Our Team

Michelle Isles
Chief Executive Officer
Bio
Michelle Isles BCom BA (Hons) LLM is Chief Executive of Climate and Health Alliance. Michelle has worked at the nexus of climate action, health and wellbeing in a career spanning 20 years across Asia-Pacific. Michelle has influenced national policy on energy, housing and pollution, and led innovation and strategy to address climate risk and resilience within essential service organisations.

Stefanie Carino
Sustainable Healthcare Manager
Bio
Dr Stefanie Carino is originally a dietitian, who completed her PhD exploring environmental sustainability in hospital foodservices and the barriers and enablers to success both locally and in exemplar hospitals around the world. She is currently a Sustainable Healthcare Program Manager at Climate and Health Alliance where she coordinates Global Green and Healthy Hospitals in the Pacific region and supports the health sector to cut emissions, build climate health resilience and reduce its ecological footprint. She also works part time as a Sustainable Food Systems Dietitian at a large public health service in metropolitan Melbourne.

Layla Humphreys
Policy & Communications Coordinator

Banu Kannu
Events Director

Stacey Davidson
Strategy Advisor

Bianca Lau-Goodchild
Research & Partnerships Advisor
Bio
Bianca is a climate change and public health researcher with a Master of Global Health and a Bachelor of Biomedical Science. She brings with her skills and experience in supporting research partnerships and engaging stakeholders across the Asia-Pacific region. She also works part-time in health economics research with the University of Melbourne School of Population & Global Health, as well as with the University of Sydney School of Public Health. As Research & Partnerships Adviser, Bianca works to facilitate collaborations with research and impact partners and further knowledge and action on climate and health challenges and outcomes.

Rizal Bahri
Sustainability Reporting Advisor
Bio
Rizal is an environmental health professional specialising in low-carbon, sustainable healthcare. With extensive experience as an environmental health and sustainability officer at a hospital, he coordinated healthcare sustainability projects and collaborated with Health Care Without Harm Southeast Asia to enhance the capacity of healthcare facilities in the region toward sustainable and low-carbon healthcare practices. Additionally, he is involved in several international grants focused on projects at the intersection of environment and health.

Hilary Sloane
Visual Communications Specialist
Bio
Hilary is a communications professional with a background working in the international aid sector. She brings to CAHA her skills in graphic design and photography, simplifying complex information whilst bringing it to life, so that an CAHA communicates with a singular voice that resonates with its audience.

Kat Begeo
Operations Coordinator
Bio
Kat (She/They) has brought with her a heap of knowledge and experience in Operations, as well as a passion for climate action. With a background in the not-for-profit space and a Bachelors Degree in Human Resources, Kat works to ensure the organisation runs smoothly.

Lindsay Scudder
Sustainable Education Coordinator

Sadé Franklin
Sustainable Healthcare Officer
Bio
Sadé is a KuKu Yalanji and Wakaman woman, raised in Yuin Country and now based on Dharawal Country.
As a Registered Nurse with a background in critical care, she holds a Master of Health Management and Leadership. Her dissertation, "Promoting Pro-climate Behaviours in Healthcare for Value-based Outcomes," examined how individual and external factors shape pro-climate behaviours among healthcare professionals and how aligning these behaviours with value-based outcomes can foster more sustainable and resilient healthcare systems. Passionate about advancing healthcare as a social good, she is committed to delivering ethical, value-based care to achieve sustainable outcomes as CAHA’s Sustainable Healthcare Officer.

Dave Chun
Sustainable Healthcare Officer
Bio
Dave is a Registered Nurse at a day oncology unit at a regional Victorian hospital. Before healthcare, he served as an infantry soldier in the Australian army and as a market gardener. He has a passion for climate change in the healthcare and the agricultural sectors. He recently completed a secondment as a sub-regional health service sustainability project officer, where he developed a sustainability framework to assist the health services in achieving their sustainability goals. As a Sustainable Healthcare Officer, he brings a focus on creating a climate resilient healthcare system and developing strong partnerships within the global healthcare community.

Tricia Middel
Finance